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Green Building: Not Just for Freaks?

Posted by Philip Higgs on December 4, 2007 - 8:45am.

Green building is gaining acceptance, but right now there are growing pains to grapple with if you're a do-it-yourselfer.

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Straw Bale Building 102: Getting Plastered

Posted by Philip Higgs on November 27, 2007 - 8:00am.

What do you do after your straw bale walls go up? Get plastered! (Oh ho ho!)


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Straw Bale Building: I'm A Believer

Posted by Philip Higgs on November 20, 2007 - 7:30am.

When I wanted sunshine, I got rain: But now that I'm a straw-bale evangelist, whats a little moisture to me?

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Straw Bale Building 101

Posted by Philip Higgs on November 14, 2007 - 9:29am.

Hay is for horses; straw is for building test walls in a three-day straw-bale building course.


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Is Concrete Green?

Posted by Philip Higgs on October 30, 2007 - 8:01am.

The old studio is down. But I can't make up my mind about how to build the new studio.

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Recycling the Whole Studio

Posted by Philip Higgs on October 23, 2007 - 9:30am.

Philip Higgs is reusing the materials from an old studio on his property to build a new one. (Take that, New York Times!)

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Tear the Roof Off the Sucka!

Posted by Philip Higgs on October 17, 2007 - 12:10am.

The deconstruction continues. Over the weekend we almost had the roof off – but then the rains came

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Tearing Down the Walls, For Real This Time

Posted by Philip Higgs on October 9, 2007 - 9:45am.

Make way for the new: The old, decrepit studio is now wall-less, soon to be roofless, so ruthless am I in its deconstruction.

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Reducing Your Carbon Footprint: Live On A Sailboat

Posted by Philip Higgs on September 27, 2007 - 6:45am.

Is worrying about your carbon footprint always worth it?

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Making Green Home Improvements Worth It

Posted by Philip Higgs on September 11, 2007 - 7:57am.

A break from tearing down the studio — to tear down other parts of the
house instead.

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